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Suburb profile ·Hindmarsh LGA · VIC ·3418

Broughton VIC 3418

Broughton is in Hindmarsh LGA, VIC, postcode 3418, with population 65.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$330/wk
Rent context available
D7 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
5,447
5K via Hindmarsh LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
526
5 added 12mo · 3MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth
Median rent · wk

Affordability

20%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$88K
Median rent · wk
$330

Household income

$88K household · yr+6.6% vs VIC suburb median
Personal
$34K
Family
$81K
Household
$88K

Growth outlook · Hindmarsh LGA

Dwellings
+2.3%
3,110 → 3,180
+70 dwellings
Population
-9.9%
5,650 → 5,090
Households
-2.4%
2,550 → 2,490

LGA-level official projection (Victoria in Future 2023, DTP). Indicative of the wider council area, not a suburb-level forecast.

Crime Year ending Dec 2025
367
6,724 per 100k
D8 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k6,724
Total incidents367· Year ending Dec 2025
  • Assault2832%
  • Sexual Offences3641%
  • Robbery00%
  • Break And Enter2427%

Full data detail

Broughton VIC — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Victoria within the Hindmarsh local government area, Broughton is a small, quiet locality (postcode 3418). The area has roughly 65 residents and an established demographic, with a median age of 42. Households earn a median income of $88K per year, with an average household size of 3.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.2% year-on-year at the LGA level. VIC employment has moved +0.9% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. VIC also had 45 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 27 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, labourers, community & personal service. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $330.

The crime rate in the Hindmarsh LGA is moderate at 6,724 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.2% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.2%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentVIC
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)
Market rent · wk(Sep 2025)$330
Population growth · Hindmarsh LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)5,447
5-year growth-0.8% CAGR
YoY change+0.2%
20012025
Development · Hindmarsh LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)7
Houses7
YoY change+0%
Employment · Hindmarsh LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)1.7%
YoY change-2.6pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 3418ATO
Negatively geared52 (3.1% of filers)
Avg rental loss$3,805/yr
Landlords (rental income)176
Reported capital gains158
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population65
Median age42
Household size3.5
HH income · wk$1,687
Personal income · wk$661
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)9/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
Top industriesCensus
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Broughton is usable, but it still needs cross-checking.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Manual release files still matter here.

DataVic-discovered annual suburb price workbooks parsed into suburb prices. Quarterly VIC resources are discovered and cached, but not yet used as current-price anchors.

RENT POSTURE
Rent is using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
VIC Property Sales Report · DataVic-discovered annual suburb price workbooks parsed into suburb prices. Quarterly VIC resources are discovered and cached, but not yet used as current-price anchors.
medium stability · manual file · every update · quarterly
Missing
Market rent
Homes Victoria · Sep 2025 · State market dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · quarterly
Available
Crime
VIC Crime Statistics Agency · Year ending Dec 2025 · Area-level release dataset
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Broughton is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full market decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Broughton feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Gerang Gerung better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$220/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Yanac better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$255/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Glenlee better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · rent -$145/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Broughton FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Broughton in?

    Broughton is in the Hindmarsh Local Government Area, VIC, postcode 3418. Council-level context for Hindmarsh LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Broughton?

    The median weekly rent in Broughton is $330/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Broughton?

    Rent context available: Broughton has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  4. Is Broughton a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Broughton show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Broughton?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  6. How often is the Broughton data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.